A Moon's Shadow

"What do you think we should do with it?" Luna heard a voice as she opened her eyes. She slowly got up and started to stretch. Then she felt some pain flowing through her body. It must have been because of the fall.

"Look, it's waking up."

"Stand your guard men. It could be dangerous." Luna heard two more voices. Wait, dangerous? How could Luna be dangerous? She could see a little clearer now, but what she saw frightened her. There were four creatures surrounding her. They had a metal surface and each had two lights shinning at her. Beside the eight lights shinning in her eye, she could see four different creatures beside the metal ones. They all had tanish colored skin with brown colored manes. Only, these creatures weren't ponies at all. They had blue coats on top of their skin. Luna thought they looked a little like Twilight's assistant, Spike. Only they didn't seem to look like dragons.

"Do you think it's one of Sonic's friends?" One creature asked.

"Or Dr. Eggman's allies." Another creature questioned.

"I wonder if it can talk."

"What are you talking about? Only humans and Sonic's friends can talk." The creatures questioned each other. Then they all got into an argument about weather or not she could talk. They were all yelling back and forth at each other. Luna couldn't take it anymore.

"SILENCE!" She yelled using her Royal Canterlot voice. They all froze and were stunned at her shout. "Now then, can somepony tell me who you are and where I am?" She asked the creatures.

"It can talk!"

"What do we do now?"

"We bring it to the GUN leader. They'll know what to do." They started to close in on her. Luna was getting a little scared. She used her teleportation spell to get away from the small crowd. She appeared behind one of the creatures who turned to see her looking down onto him.

"She can use magic."

"How do you know it's a she?"

"I don't. I just guessed."

"Well get her before she gets away." They leaped for her. Luna teleported again back to the same spot she once was.

"I better not stay." She said to herself. She spread her wings and flew off. She flew to a nearby forest.  "What did they mean when they said the GUN leader?" She thought to herself.

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"Just what was that all about?" Shadow woke up to find nothing had changed. Although the moon was still in front of the sun. That wasn't normal. Then he heard something come from his transmitter.

"We have discovered something out of the ordinary. Our officers couldn't catch this odd creature. They said they saw it fly to the forest near you. Your mission is to investigate and find out where this creature came from and what it is. You will then report to us about your findings." It said.

"Understood." He replied. He looked at the forest behind him and dashed into it. An odd creature? Did this have to do with the glow from the chaos emeralds he saw when the eclipse occurred? He wanted to find out as well.

As he sped through the forest, all he could see was trees. Nothing out of the ordinary. He continued to search. Nothing. Maybe he'll get a better view from the top. He ran up one of the taller trees, but still nothing. Then something flew past him. He couldn't make it out for it was the same color as the nighttime sky. He followed it until it came to a stop above a small lake. Then it floated down to the ground to rest. Shadow didn't want it to see him so he hid behind one of the trees. He looked over to see...a pony? An alicorn to be exact. It looked a little confused.

"Why didn't those creatures answer me? Where do I go from here? What was that light that happened after my eclipse?" The alicorn questioned herself. She looked at her reflection and let out a tear realizing that she now had no one to talk to. Who is she, and what was she doing here? What does she mean when she said her eclipse? What is going on?

Just then, something appeared from the other side of the lake. Out of the trees came robots that looked small and round in size. Shadow recognized them as some of the Doctor's machines. He must have known about the alicorn and sent them after it. First there was five, then ten, then fifteen. They kept coming until there was only fifty surrounding the alicorn. Four of them carried a cage big enough to fit the alicorn in it. The alicorn stood her guard and waited for them to attack. They fired their guns at her, but she cast a spell to protect her from there fire. Magic? Then she cast counter spells to repel them back into the forest. BAM! She was shot on her left wing which looked like it was bruised and broken. She couldn't fly to escape now. She tried to swallow the pain to fight, but the robots were to quick. They shot at her from all directions and she became weaker every shot they took. They had their cage ready for her. She needed help.

"CHAOS SPEAR!" Shadow took action. As he said this, spears of chaotic energy shot from his hand and darted toward the robots. The spears shot in all directions destroying robots as they interacted with them. Soon all the robots were destroyed, nothing stood but the injured alicorn and the black hedgehog.

"I thank thee for your assistance." Luna said to Shadow as she cast a spell to heal her. In no time at all she was back to normal. She had many questions on her mind, and she was determined to get some answers.

"You seemed like you needed it." Shadow replied. He too was curios about what was going on.

"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Princess Luna, ruler of the night and of Equestria."

"I'm Shadow the Hedgehog, the ultimate life form, and what do you mean when you say you're the ruler of the night and of Equestria?"

"Equestria is where I live. It's home to all ponies both old and young. It's also filled with lush forests, towering mountains, vast plains, and open oceans. My sister and I are the rulers of this land, and we control both day and night. Now I must ask you, where am I, and where is everypony?" Luna proudly explained. Shadow was now confused. Equestria? Ponies? Princesses that control day and night? None of it made any sense.

"You somehow managed to enter my world, Mobius. It's a little similar to your world only we don't have citizens like you, and we don't have rulers of both day and night."

"That makes sense, considering the fact that I've only seen...different creatures already."

"But, how is possible that Equestria has collided with Mobius?"

"Sadly, I can't answer your question. All I know is I appeared in this world right after the solar eclipse. Then the Elements of Harmony started to glow which spread across all over Equestria."

"Wait, you saw the glow during the eclipse as well? Strange."

"What is strange?"

"The fact that there was an eclipse in both worlds at the same time, and the glows as well."

"That is strange."

"Speaking of the eclipse, why hasn't the moon passed the sun yet? It's been there longer than it should." They both noticed the night sky was still there.

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"Allow me." Luna flew up to the sky. She looked at the moon covering the sun. Then she concentrated her magic on the moon. She tried to move it, to no avail. She tried again, but it wouldn't budge. Strange. Luna has always been able to move the moon in the sky, so why couldn't she move it now. She tried once more and put all of her power into it. Nothing. It seemed like the sun needed to move as well. Luna suddenly thought of her sister. Celestia was no where to be found. They must have gotten separated when the worlds collided. She flew back down to where Shadow was standing.

"I can't move it. I need my sister's help."

"What do you mean you can't move it? You've moved the moon before, haven't you?"

"Yes, but for some reason it's too hard to move. It feels like the sun keeps it in place. I need to find Celestia for her help."

"How do we find her? We have no idea where to start."

"Well, those creatures in the city said something about a GUN leader. Maybe they have some useful information."

"They told me to get information. They probably have no idea about you or Equestria."

"Wait, they told you to get information? Do you work for them?"

"Yes, I'm one of their advanced officers. They send me on lots of dangerous missions that mostly involve destroying those machines that attacked you."

"That's another thing. What was the deal with them? Why did they attack me?"

"They were all built by an evil man named Dr. Robotnik whom, I assume, found out about you and sent his army after you."

"So if he knows about me, then he must know about everypony else. He must have my sister!" Luna ran off into the forest. Shadow followed and soon caught up to her.

"You don't even know where to look."

"Then it's a good thing you're with me."

"Wait, Luna." They came to a stop. "He's way too powerful for us to handle alone. Maybe we should start looking for the chaos emeralds first."

"Chaos emeralds?"

"Their mystical gems that contain a tremendous amount of energy. They help a lot during any battles. There are seven of them total, and I've already got one." He took out his chaos emerald which was in a bright shade of green and it glowed in his hand. He showed it to Luna.

"How do we find them?"

"They are all connected to each other, and they react to each other when they are close by."

"And my gem finding spell can help as well. So where do we start?" Shadow looked into the emerald.

"There's another one here in the forest somewhere."

"Alright." Luna channeled energy to her horn, which lit with a night colored aura. She looked left, then right. She walked around to try and get a better reception. Then lifted her head again.

"That way." She announced and they raced off.